Guy Sydenham

Nicely carved Poole vase with burnt orange gloss glaze.

It might be from the same range as my large pot gere Davee

https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t14997p850-poole-pottery-1960-1980-part-one

 



trial cups by Guy for Poole pottery

I spotted the cups and thought about putting in a decent bid for them rather than the miniscule bid I actually entered. The pattern is in H & A page 109 and the artist is Betty Gooby, '50-'59. I once had a sugar bowl in the same pattern, also on black with each small vertical line of colour bordered by a very fine line of a contrasting colour - very complex and delicate work for what is ultimately everyday kitchenware. It maybe that the cups are initial trials or pre- production pieces. They are probably very rare as they are the only pieces I have seen in that '50's pattern since I had the bowl 10yrs ago. Its likely that they were too complex to put into largescale production.

Green Island plaque with notes showing it's a trial piece

I love the saltglaze on this mermaid

Yes it was a great pity he couldnt salt glaze on Portland. Russel was going to at New Barn but it never happened This is one of the early salt glaze I have

John925 wrote:Yes it was a great pity he couldnt salt glaze on Portland. Russel was going to at New Barn but it never happened   This is one of the early salt glaze I have

that's one of the best mermaids I have seen

Its about7 or 8 inches long She lives inside tis

this is a tile panel made from parts of the Poole pottery water feature, it's rare to find pieces that are guaranteed to be made by Guy and decorated by Tony Morris

When they built that they had to do it at a weekend as they didnt want it to interfere with all the visitors. I made a stitched together picture of it in the book as there was no way you could photograph in one go. There is a story behind the design. in the water at base there are pots. They start to climb the wall attracted by the big orange sun. When the pottery was being demolished Clive worked in there taking as many of the tiles off that he could. The mermaid disappeared. Probably taken by the then MD. Clive made a great job of those collages. Unfortunately they were and are way out of my price range. I wonder what will happen to the one in the conservatory on Portland

Hi Dan Is this a recent purchase ? It looks familiar. Went to Joan's funeral today. It was well attended and she had a really nice send off. I went to her and Guy's house to photograph the front door that I have been through so many times. It was a bit strange not going in to see Joan.

rare Hippo 4 inch x 6 inch

Hi Dan is that a picture of my hippo ?

no it's his brother

Lovely seed-shaped pen holder or bud vase with impressed plants

I believe these were made by Guy Sydenham. One is labelled SALLY the other with SON (maybe made for Russel?) Can anyone confirm this.
cheers

yes I can

Love the hippos. Above is my stunning kiln by Guy with 9 unique pots - the tallest is 7cms - how did he thrown them !
Its 11.5" high, a one-off I assume with the gorgeous orange glaze to the interior. The exterior brickwork must have taken an age.

I think you use a stick to put pressure on the inside when throwing miniatures.I have oriental ones much smaller that blow my mind, they are so finely potted.
The hippo's are not mine, the images were donated by a fellow collector

You're probably right, the carafe type ones would have needed a matchstick.

That kiln is incredible.